40 & 8 TO HOLD INSTALLATION
Dallas Wolfe will be installed as chef de gare of Vulture No. 179 the Forty and Eight society at dinner and ceremonial session to be held at the Moose home Monday night August 28 at 7 o'clock. Ralph Heatherington will conduct the installation and several members of Harrison county Voiture No. 1087 will assist. Other officers to be inducted include Lee Bennett M B Murray Ray Wiseman H C Compon Jr Delbert Moore and J Andrew Roe. The executive committee includes Wolfe Bennett Murray Moore Yates Miller and Allender. The Forty and Eight, chartered in 1921, is among the oldest West Virginia units and focuses on civic and community projects through American Legion participation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas Wolfe
Vulture
Forty and Eight Society
Moose Home
Ralph Heatherington
Clarksburg
Thy Grand Voiture
West, Virginia
Harison County
Lee Bennett
Ghef de Train
M. B. Murray
Correspondant
Ray Wiseman
Garde de la Porte
H. C. Compon, Jr
Conducteur
Delbert Moore
Lampiste
J. Andrew Roe
Commis Voyageur
Cheminote Locaux
Mr. Wolfe
Benett
Mr. Murray
Mr. Moore
Arthur G. Yates
A. A. Miller
M. C. Allender
American Legion
Grafton Voiture No
West Virna
Legion
Death of Marion county sheriff Marcellus A Joliffe
Marcellus A Joliffe 82 a former Marion county sheriff and Fairmont council member died at his Fairmont home after long illness He survived by widow Emma L Hayden Joliffe two children Vaughn of Detroit and Zoe Frey of Fairmont and three grandsons He had health issues for years and recently received treatment at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore He was engaged in farming cattle dealing and oil interests in past years
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marcellus A. Jolliffe
George L. Jolliffe
Fairmont
Marion County
Emma L. Hayden Jolliffe
Vaughn
Detroit
Zoe Frey
Fairman
State teachers pension applications queued for September action
Approximately 50 applications for state teacher pensions will be ready for action by the State Board of Education in mid September, secretary David H. Kirby estimated. The board awaits committee action on new regulations, deferring action on the first batch of applications under the new 50,000 a year program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
State Board of Education
David H. Kirby
Two Nations Refuse Entry for Deported Jewish Immigrant
Haim Flakman, termed a man without a country, was ordered deported again to Havana aboard the steamship Florida. A Russian-born Jew who had been smuggled to the U S from Cuba, he had lived under deportation since 1939 after prior refusals from both nations to grant him entry. He previously served a brief sentence for illegal entry. Cuba again declined to readmit him.
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Miami
Fla
Haim Flakman
United States
Cuba
Florida
Havana
U. S
Flakman
Florida Keys
Russia
Flukman
Cuban Seaman Denied Entry After Repeated Attempts
Immigrant authorities admit confusion over Flakman’s fate as he repeatedly attempts to land in Florida from Cuba, only to be turned away each time. A ship strike briefly freezes his wandering while officials decide how to proceed.
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Cuba
Florida
Flakman
War Menaces Film Industry
Hollywood reels under European war clouds as conflict threatens to ruin film markets and stop production plants abroad led by London studios. Potential loss of British actors to draft alarms studios while stars like Boyer, Niven, Howard, Dolittle and many British veterans in Hollywood face upheaval amid a widening war front.
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Hollywood
London
Bover
Charles Boyer
France
Paris
Boyer
Niven
David Niven
Sandhurst
West Point
Leslie Howard
Robert Doiiat
England
Donald Crisp
Military
Richard Greene
Brian Aherne
Ennis Karloff
Rowlay Colman
Ray Milland
Victor McLaglen
Basil Rathbone
Cary Grant
Laurence Olivier
Telephone Co Manager Attends Clarksburg Meeting
F R Frasher manager of Chesapeake and Ohio Telephone company of Grafton joined company officials at a luncheon and results meeting in the Waldo hotel Clarksburg. Business conditions in the region were discussed and plans for the last quarter of the year were reviewed with Harry Lee Watson district commercial manager in charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. R. Frasher
Chesapeake and Ohio Telephone Company
Grafton
Waldo Hotel
Clarksburg
Harry Lee Watson
Leading Stocks Rebound After Early Losses In New York
In New York on August 25 the stock market nibbled at recovery, with leading issues gaining fractions to around 80. The list of stocks showing support included Anaconda Kennecott American Smelting Phelps Dodge U S Steel Bethlehem General Motors Chrysler U S Rubber Sears Roebuck Montgomery Ward Western Union Pennsylvania J C Penney Boeing and Philip Morris. Some names rose at times in the curb market, including Electric Bond & Share aluminum of American Gas and Consol Copper Mines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Anaconda
Kennecott
American Smelting
Phelps Dodge
U. S. Steel
Bethlehem
General Motors
Chrysler
U. S. Rubber
Sears Roebuck
Montgomery Ward
Western
Union
Pennsylvania
J. C. Pertney
Boeing
Philip Mortis
Electric Bond & Share
Aluminum
American Gas
Consol Copper
Daladier Broadcast Scheduled For This Afternoon
Daladier planned a wartime broadcast to the French people will be relayed in the United States this afternoon at 2 o clock Eastern Standard Time by NBC and CBS. The broadcast is set to reach audiences across America and coincide with ongoing news coverage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bene York
Pier Daladier
NBC
CBS
Aging Miller John Portis Dead at 83 in Bluefield
Funeral services were held today for 83 year old John Walter Portis a retired miller who formerly operated mills at Wytheville and Graham. He retired in 1924.
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Bluefield
John Walter
Portis
Wytheville
Graham
Orders Ready If War Opens In Europe
Washington reports a series of government orders and proclamations nearly ready to issue the moment war begins in Europe. Drafts by high officials cover financial and commodity markets shipping and communications under neutrality rules. Short wave radio would be controlled by government attaches due to unneutral potential.
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Washington
Europe
United States
Britain
France
Conference On Country Club Read Postponed
Delay of a scheduled conference of local leaders with State Read Commissioner Burr H Simpson over the proposed County club road, originally set for next Monday in Charleston, was announced here. Simpson will be away on the originally agreed day. postponement for a fortnight follows his suggestion. Signal installation on U S 50 at West Main Street and in Blueville is to be discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burr H. Simpson
County Club Road
Charleston
Simpson
U. S. 50
West Main Street
Blueville
Beseco Mine To Resume Operations This Week
The Leconny Smokeless Fuel company, which bought the Leconny Smokeless Coal properties, announced the Beseco mine would likely reopen Monday after being shut since late March.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
Leconny Smokeless Fuel Company
Leconny Smokeless Coal Company
Beseco
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